Ecclesiastes 5:11

New English Translation

When someone’s prosperity increases, those who consume it also increase; so what does its owner gain, except that he gets to see it with his eyes?

Cross References

Genesis 12:16

and he did treat Abram well on account of her. Abram received sheep and cattle, male donkeys, male servants, female servants, female donkeys, and camels.

Genesis 13:2

(Now Abram was very wealthy in livestock, silver, and gold.)

Proverbs 23:5

When you gaze upon riches, they are gone, for they surely make wings for themselves, and fly off into the sky like an eagle!

Ecclesiastes 11:9

Rejoice, young man, while you are young, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Follow the impulses of your heart and the desires of your eyes, but know that God will judge your motives and actions.

Ecclesiastes 2:9

So I was far wealthier than all my predecessors in Jerusalem, yet I maintained my objectivity:

Ecclesiastes 5:12

The sleep of the laborer is pleasant – whether he eats little or much – but the wealth of the rich will not allow him to sleep.

Ecclesiastes 6:9

It is better to be content with what the eyes can see than for one’s heart always to crave more. This continual longing is futile – like chasing the wind.

Jeremiah 17:11

The person who gathers wealth by unjust means is like the partridge that broods over eggs but does not hatch them. Before his life is half over he will lose his ill-gotten gains. At the end of his life it will be clear he was a fool.”

Habakkuk 2:13

Be sure of this! The Lord who commands armies has decreed: The nations’ efforts will go up in smoke; their exhausting work will be for nothing.

1 John 2:16

because all that is in the world (the desire of the flesh and the desire of the eyes and the arrogance produced by material possessions) is not from the Father, but is from the world.